Mother to donate kidney to son after years of medical setbacks

CINCINNATI (WXIX) -A 28-year-old man who has been on dialysis for five years will receive a kidney transplant from his mother in January after multiple medical setbacks delayed the life-saving surgery.

Mitchell Hunter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at seven years old and has spent the last five years on dialysis after developing Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis, a rare autoimmune disease.

“It’s hard watching your child go through all of this. It’s very emotional, mentally draining. I just want him to have his quality of life,” Lori Hunter said…

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